The postseason marches on for Ohio State. After closing the common season by profitable 5 of its last six video games with interim coach Jake Diebler in cost, Ohio State will proceed Large Ten Match play Friday night towards Illinois.
The Buckeyes are the No. 10 seed within the match. Illinois is the No. 2 seed.
Ohio State took down No. 7 seed Iowa 90-78 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals. The Buckeyes took care of the Hawkeyes by embracing the urgency and not the pressure, Jamison Battle said.
Final Sunday, the Buckeyes closed the regular season with a 73-51 win at Rutgers on senior day for the Scarlet Knights. That adopted their most lopsided win towards Michigan since 2005, handing the Wolverines an 84-61 defeat on senior day at Value City Arena one week prior. Ohio State has received 4 straight, the longest profitable streak for the Buckeyes since they received 4 straight from Dec. 16-Jan. 3, and it has players believing a run to March Madness is still possible.
On Feb. 14, athletic director Gene Smith fired coach Chris Holtmann with six games remaining in his seventh season with the program. 4 days later, interim head coach Jake Diebler and the Buckeyes took down No. 2 Purdue, 73-69, at Value City Arena, celebrating with a court-storming after the final whistle.
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Illinois leads the all-time collection, 110-82. The Combating Illini received the lone assembly between the groups this season, taking down Ohio State 87-75 at Worth Metropolis Area on Jan. 30.
Ohio State is coached by interim coach Jake Diebler. Illinois is led by Brad Underwood, who’s in his seventh season with the Illini.
Here is the best way to watch Ohio State vs. Illinois on Friday.
Tipoff: 6:30 p.m. Jap, March 15; Goal Heart, Minneapolis
Ohio State vs. Illinois might be on the Large Ten Community.
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Streaming is an choice to observe the sport towards the Combating Illini. A number of Ohio State games have been streaming-only this season. Followers can stream this recreation on the Fox Sports activities app, which is accessible by way of your cable login.
Listed below are the announcers for the Ohio State-Iowa recreation:
Brandon Gaudin
Robbie Hummel
Andy Katz
Ohio State males’s basketball is broadcasted stay on WBNS-FM/AM (97.1/1460).
Listed below are the announcers for the Ohio State-Illinois recreation:
Paul Keels (play-by-play)
Ron Stokes (evaluation)
Ohio State opened its season with a 79-73 win towards Oakland at Worth Metropolis Area on Nov. 6. Afterward, Golden Grizzlies coach Greg Kampe called freshman guard Bruce Thornton “a man” for his play. The Buckeyes adopted that with a 73-66 loss to No. 15 Texas A&M on Nov. 10 earlier than beating Merrimack 76-52 on Nov. 15 and Western Michigan 73-56 on Nov. 19.
The Buckeyes then defeated No. 17 Alabama 92-81 on Nov. 24 and Santa Clara 86-56 to win the Emerald Coast Classic championship. They returned house and defeated Central Michigan, 88-61, on Nov. 29 and opened Large Ten play with an 84-74 win against Minnesota in their Big Ten opener earlier than beating Miami (Ohio) three days later.
Penn State then handed Ohio State an 83-80 defeat on Dec. 9 earlier than the Buckeyes bounced again with a win towards UCLA to enhance to 9-2. Ohio State then beat New Orleans one week later, took down West Virginia 78-75 in overtime on Dec. 30 in Cleveland and outlasted Rutgers 76-72 on Jan. 3 earlier than the Jan. 6 loss at Indiana, Jan. 10 loss to Wisconsin and Jan. 15 loss at Michigan.
On Jan. 20, the Buckeyes took down Penn State, 79-67, behind a balanced scoring attack featuring four players in double figures. It is was the lone vivid spot for some time: Ohio State misplaced at Nebraska, 83-79 on Jan. 23, at Northwestern 83-58 on Jan. 27, at home against Illinois 87-75 on Jan. 30, 79-77 at Iowa on Feb. 1 and Feb. 6 towards Indiana earlier than beating Maryland and dropping at Wisconsin.
After firing Holtmann, Ohio State took down No. 2 Purdue on Feb. 18 in the first game with interim head coach Jake Diebler earlier than an 88-79 loss at Minnesota that dropped them to 15-12 overall and 5-11 in Big Ten play The Buckeyes adopted that with a win at Michigan State and the house win towards Nebraska earlier than beating Michigan and Rutgers.
Throughout a timeout in the course of the Purdue recreation, Ohio State honored its 1998-99 team that reached the Final Four.
Illinois is 23-8 general and went 14-6 within the Large Ten. The Combating Illini went 4-1 of their last 5 video games and beat Iowa 73-61 on Sunday.
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Illinois is a 4.5-point favourite. The over-under is 153.5 factors.
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